问题描述:
王二、张三、李四、刘五年龄成一等差数列,他们四人的年龄相加是28,相乘是585。
求以他们的年龄为前4项的等差数列的前15项。
我的代码:
def fun(sum,cj):
for a in range(1,7):
for d in range(1,5):
sum=2*a+3*d
cj=a*(a+d)*(a+2*d)*(a+3*d)
if sum==14 and cj==585:
print "wang er is %d old,the difference is %d" % (a,d)
return a,d
aa,dd=fun(28,585)
for i in range(0,15):
print aa+dd*i,
我的思路:
按照等差数列通项公式,假设王二年龄为a,公差为d,那么满足条件2a+3d=14和
a(a+d)(a+2d)(a+3d)=585,又因为a的范围为1到7,d的范围为1到5,那么就可以采用穷举法求得a和d的值,进而就可以求得该等差数列的前15项了;
示例代码:
def sum(a, k, n):
s = a
for i in xrange(1, n):
s += a + i * k
return s
def mul(a, k, n):
s = a
for i in xrange(1, n):
s *= a + i * k
return s
for a in range(1, 28 / 4):
find = False
k = 1
while True:
t = sum(a, k, 4)
if t >= 28:
if t == 28 and mul(a, k, 4) == 585:
find = True
break
k += 1
if find:
for i in xrange(4):
print a + i * k,